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Executive Recruitment Proposal
RECRUITING MCAG - Regional Waste Authority Director

K&A RECRUITING TEAM MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS

Following are short biographies of the specific staff who will be assigned to this recruitment (full résumés for each may
be found in the Appendix):

Georg Krammer, M.B.A., S.P.H.R.
Chief Executive Officer

Georg brings over 20 years of management-level human resources experience to Koff & Associates with extensive experi-
ence with executive and staff recruitment in the public sector.
With his wide-ranging and deep experience as a well-rounded senior HR generalist, his education in business and teach-
ing, his depth and breadth of experience with public sector HR needs, programs, and functions, Georg’s contribution
to K&A’s variety of projects greatly complements the Koff & Associates consulting team. He has spearheaded several
hundred recruitments for cities, towns, counties, and special districts throughout the State of California and has contrib-
uted to more than quadrupling the size of Koff & Associates as a result of the success of his projects and the subsequent
expansion of the business through referrals from satisfied clients. Georg joined K&A in 2003 and has been the firm’s
Chief Executive Officer since 2005.

Richard O’Donnell, B.S.
Recruitment Manager

Richard has ten years of experience recruiting in a wide variety of sectors and disciplines and in the public-sector. His
experience encompasses entities of all sizes, from smaller special districts to the largest cities in California. As a career
oriented recruiter, Richard is pushing the recruiting envelope in California.
Richard graduated with a double major from the University of California Santa Cruz, earning a B.S. degree in both eco-
nomics and accounting.
As Co-Project Director with Georg Krammer, Richard will lead the recruitment effort for MCAG. He will coordinate all of
K&A’s efforts, will attend all meetings with MCAG and will be responsible for all work products and deliverables.

golbou ghassemieh, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, IPMA-SCP
Project Manager & Senior H.R. Recruitment Associate

golbou’s H.R. career began in the specialty of executive search in the private sector where she helped source and vet can-
didates for executive positions in biopharmaceutical firms. During her ten (10) year tenure as a Human Resources leader
in the public sector, golbou gained specialized knowledge of public sector recruitments in merit/civil service agencies
ranging from entry level to department head/executive level recruitments.
In her third year, as a public servant, she was promoted to the Recruitment & Classification Manager position at County
of Sonoma where she oversaw many process efficiencies and began performing department head/executive recruit-
ments in house for the first time in the County’s then recent history.

She earned her B.A. degree in Psychology with a minor in French at University of California, Berkeley; her MBA degree
with an emphasis in Human Resources Management from Sonoma State University; and holds SHPR, SHRM-SCP, and
IPMA-SCP professional certifications. Ms. ghassemieh serves as an instructor for Sonoma State University’s Human Re-
sources Certification course and served for three (3) years as a Board member for PASCO-HR, a Sonoma County Profes-

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